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Macro Flora & Fauna of the Gulf of Mannar a checklist

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Title Macro Flora & Fauna of the
Gulf of Mannar
a checklist
 
Creator Gopalakrishnan, A
Divya, P R
Basheer, V S
Raja Swaminathan, T
Kathirvelpandian, A
Bineesh, K K
Kumar, Rahul G
Jena, J K
 
Subject Fish Taxonomy
 
Description The Gulf of Mannar (GoM) located along the south eastern tip of India falls in the Indo-Pacific realm
and is one of the richest regions in the world from a marine biodiversity perspective. The region has a
distinctive socio-economic and cultural profile shaped by its geography. It has an ancient maritime history
and was famous for the production of pearls, an important item in trade with the Roman Empire as early as
the first century AD. Rameshwaram along the GoM with its links to the legend Ramayana is an important
pilgrim centre. The region has been and continues to be famous for its production of Indian sacred chanks.
It has unique ecosystems mainly consisting of coral reefs, sea grass beds, salt marshes and mangroves
which constitute important habitats for many species of commercially important finfishes and shellfishes.
The GoM was established as a Biosphere Reserve (the first marine biosphere reserve in south and south
east Asia) by 1989 by the Indian Government and the state of Tamil Nadu. A biosphere reserve is an area
that is indented to secure the fundamental diversity of life in a region while continuing to advocate in
economic growth. The overall objective of this Marine Biosphere Reserve is to conserve the Gulf of Mannar's
globally significant assemblage of coastal and marine biodiversity and to integrate biodiversity
conservation into coastal zone management plans. Thus, the GoM in addition to being a national priority
also assumes global significance.
 
Publisher National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources
 
Date 2012
 
Type Book
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/11791/1/AGKN%20et%20al.%2C%202012%20Gulf%20of%20Mannar%20-%20NBFGR.pdf
Gopalakrishnan, A and Divya, P R and Basheer, V S and Raja Swaminathan, T and Kathirvelpandian, A and Bineesh, K K and Kumar, Rahul G and Jena, J K (2012) Macro Flora & Fauna of the Gulf of Mannar a checklist. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Kochi. ISBN 978-81-905540-8-4